Scioscia reveals: 'opportunities' necessary for 'total save stat'

Cites Scot Shields for giving K-rod so many 'opportunities.' A departure from others who say pitcher with 'most saves' (without noting 'opportunities' or any other stats) is necessarily 'the best' as I heard on XM yesterday.

• ""Francisco's not going to get all those opportunities without the job that Shields is doing and [Jose] Arredondo is doing or Darren Oliver," Scioscia said. "That's very important."

• Shields' string of 13 consecutive appearances and 14 innings without yielding a run ended

when the Nationals rallied with a run in the bottom of the ninth Wednesday night at Nationals Park to snap the Angels' five-game winning streak"...(MLB.com, 6/26/08)

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